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Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. In the U.S. SEC Charges Total S.A.
Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. In the U.S. SEC Charges Total S.A.
Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. In the U.S. SEC Charges Total S.A.
Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. In the U.S. SEC Charges Total S.A.
Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. In the U.S. SEC Charges Total S.A.
Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. In the U.S. SEC Charges Total S.A.
Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. In the U.S. SEC Charges Total S.A.
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The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.
The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.
The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.
The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.
The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.
The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.
federal government has failed. Brazil has also filed a new commitment under the Paris Agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, strenghening its prior commitment and pledging to reduce emissions two-thirds below 2005 levels by 2035. Now Brazil has gone ahead where the U.S.
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